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playa

[plahy-uh]

noun

  1. Western U.S.the sandy, salty, or mud-caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged, heavy rains.



playa

/ ˈplɑːjə, ˈplaja /

noun

  1. (in the US) a temporary lake, or its dry often salty bed, in a desert basin

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

playa

  1. A dry lake bed at the bottom of a desert basin, sometimes temporarily covered with water. Playas have no vegetation and are among the flattest geographical features in the world.

  2. Also called sink

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of playa1

1850–55, < Spanish: shore < Late Latin plagia; plage
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of playa1

Spanish: shore, from Late Latin plagia, from Greek plagios slanting, from plagos side; compare French plage beach
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The girl was a year delayed because she had spent most of her short life in a hospital in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, tethered to feeding tubes 24 hours a day.

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Just before S.G.V. was born, the couple moved to nearby Playa del Carmen so her husband could work as an Uber driver.

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The 19-year-old was found dead after apparently falling into a ravine after he went missing in the early hours of 17 June 2024 in Playa de las Americas in Tenerife.

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County firestorm prompted officials to issue an ocean water closure and ocean water quality advisory from Surfrider Beach in Malibu to Dockweiler State Beach at World Way in Playa del Rey.

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Mr Slater, from Oswaldtwistle in Lancashire, went missing in the early hours of 17 June 2024 after attending a music festival in Playa de las Americas on the Spanish island.

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